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Board adopts Bylaw 9322 on second reading 3–2; CSEA and LaBUFA file grievance

Vote 3-2

At the February 12, 2026 regular board meeting (a roughly seven-hour session), the board voted 3-2 on a second reading to adopt revised Board Bylaw 9322 on agenda development authority. Morgan, Hills, and Perry voted in favor; Malczewski and Kelly opposed. A motion by Malczewski to revert to the original wording failed 2-3. Morgan added language allowing public members to appeal a denied agenda request to the board; Superintendent Glass advised this introduced unreviewed governance risk and suggested returning the item to counsel before adoption. At the same meeting, LaBUFA President Scott Wittkop and CSEA Chapter 131 President Thasa Zuziak announced they had filed a grievance over changes to the negotiation structure, with Wittkop stating it could delay the March 4 opening of negotiations. The board separately reported out of closed session a 3-2 vote "to include lead negotiators and the board only in closed sessions regarding a grievance case."

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  1. Regular Board Meeting (Open Session) — Feb 12, 2026 primary Laguna Beach Unified School District
    Laguna Beach Unified School District

    Official LBUSD recording of the seven-hour February 12, 2026 meeting at which the bylaw was adopted on second reading and the unions' grievance filing was announced.

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  2. Regular Board Meeting (Open Session) — Aug 14, 2025 primary Laguna Beach Unified School District
    Laguna Beach Unified School District

    LBUSD recording of the meeting; see /meetings/2025-08-14-regular for a transcript-derived summary.

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  3. Regular Board Meeting (Open Session) — Oct 23, 2025 primary Laguna Beach Unified School District
    Laguna Beach Unified School District

    LBUSD recording of the meeting; see /meetings/2025-10-23-regular for a transcript-derived summary.

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  4. Annual Organizational Meeting + Regular Board Meeting (Open Session) — Dec 11, 2025 primary Laguna Beach Unified School District
    Laguna Beach Unified School District

    LBUSD recording of the meeting; see /meetings/2025-12-11-regular for a transcript-derived summary.

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  5. Board Overreach on the February 12 Agenda advocacy FUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna
    FUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna · Emily Rolfing · 2026-02-11

    FUEL's same-week preview of the February 12 agenda, framed around the Bylaw 9322 second reading.

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  6. February 12th Recap + THIS Thursday's 2/26 Meeting: What's at Stake advocacy FUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna
    FUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna · Emily Rolfing · 2026-02-24

    FUEL's recap of the February 12 board meeting and the Bylaw 9322 second-reading vote.

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  7. Governance is not a storyline op-ed A Public Record for Laguna Schools (publicrecordlaguna.com)
    A Public Record for Laguna Schools (publicrecordlaguna.com) · Erika Hennon Rule · 2026-02-12

    Rule's same-day February 12, 2026 reaction to the Bylaw 9322 second reading: 'Board members lead by making decisions, not by building a narrative.'

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  8. School Board Meeting (Closed Session) — Feb 12, 2026 primary Laguna Beach Unified School District
    Laguna Beach Unified School District · 2026-02-12

    Closed-session counterpart to the February 12, 2026 open session (5m38s) — opening exchange before the 3-2 second-reading vote on Bylaw 9322.

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